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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maturin pays to stay informed of the whereabouts of whom?
(a) Diana Villiers.
(b) The new First Lord.
(c) Captain Jack Aubrey.
(d) Sir Joseph Blain.

2. Captain Jack Aubrey leaves the blockade when ordered to go where?
(a) To Minorca.
(b) To head for the Netherlands.
(c) To India.
(d) Back to England.

3. What is the name of the officer who witnesses the Port Mahon rescue and slips into the night?
(a) Dutourd.
(b) Bonden.
(c) Admiral Harte.
(d) Maragall.

4. How many of the French soldiers guarding the prisoners at Port Mahon escape harm?
(a) Only two guards are wounded.
(b) Only the prison commander dies.
(c) All French are killed.
(d) One French officer gets away.

5. What becomes of Mr. Nicolls in chapter five?
(a) He is injured in the storm.
(b) He abandons Maturin to return to the ship alone.
(c) He is promoted to first lieutenant.
(d) He is washed off the rocks and lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maturin aid in Aubrey's rescue attempt at Port Mahon?

2. What is the ruling of the First Lord about the seized Spanish ships?

3. Besides seeking treatment in England, what else does Maturin think helps him recover his health after Port Mahon?

4. Nicolls confesses what to Maturin on their journey?

5. When does Aubrey first go ashore at Minorca?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sophie Williams think of Maturin's approach to wooing Diana Villiers?

2. What allusion does Maturin make while marooned on the rocks?

3. How does Jack Aubrey come to command the H.M.S. Lively?

4. Describe Dr. Stephen Maturin's relationship with Sophie Williams.

5. After the planned rendezvous with Maturin at Minorca, what is Captain Aubrey supposed to do concerning the H.M.S. Lively?

6. What do Aubrey and his men intend to do when they gather at the prison where Maturin is being held?

7. How does Aubrey learn he is to break station and sail to Minorca?

8. Why does Maturin discuss Captain Jack Aubrey with Sophie?

9. Why is Nicolls almost inconsolable?

10. What negative influences have an impact on Jack Aubrey's career?

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